Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961 Current Affairs, GK & News
UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs
The UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs, which comes under the UN Economic and Social Council, is the apex drug policy-making body within the UN. It has vital functions in the international drug control conventions. This commission’s 53 member states have recently voted to remove cannabis from the Schedule IV and move it to Schedule I. ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2020
Category: International / World Current Affairs
Topics: Cannabis • Narcotic Drugs • Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act • Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961 • UN Commission on NArcotic Drugs
New classification of Cannabis by UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND)
The United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs recently removed Cannabis from Schedule IV category of the 1961 Single convention on Narcotics (1). This was done to recognise the medicinal values of the plant. Though cannabis has been removed from Schedule IV, the non-medicinal Cannabis is still under Schedule I. About Cannabis plant Around 50 countries ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2020
Category: International / World Current Affairs
Topics: Cannabis • Cannabis Act • Effects of cannabis • Legality of cannabis • Medical cannabis • Narcotic Drugs • Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961 • United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime • UNODC
India’s Jagjit Pavadia re-elected International Narcotics Control Board (INCB)
India’s Jagjit Pavadia was re-elected to International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) for another five-year term beginning 2nd March, 2020. This victory has added to India’s successful record of winning crucial elections at United Nation (UN) and to UN’s subsidiary bodies. About Jagjit Pavadia She has been member of INCB since 2015 and her current term ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2019
Category: Persons in News
Topics: Austria • Central Bureau of Narcotics • Drug Supervisory Body • Economic and Social Council • ECOSOC • Government of India • INCB • International Narcotics Control Board • Jagjit Pavadia • Narcotics Commissioner of India • Permanent Central Narcotics Board • Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961 • Vienna